Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) in Jamaica
Jamaica: Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) was 80 in 2013. ▬ Flat
Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) in Jamaica, 2004–2013
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) in Jamaica is 80, measured in 2013. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) in Jamaica peaked at 80 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 80, in 2004.
Jamaica ranks 35th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14) in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 80 | — |
| 2005 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 80 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 80 | 80 | 80 | 6 |
| 2010s | 80 | 80 | 80 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 35 India 80 compare
- 35 Cambodia 80 compare
- 35 Finland 80 compare
- 35 Ghana 80 compare
- 35 Guatemala 80 compare
- 35 Honduras 80 compare
- 35 Kosovo 80 compare
- 35 Liberia 80 compare
- 35 Nepal 80 compare
- 35 North Macedonia 80 compare
- 35 Palau 80 compare
- 35 Rwanda 80 compare
- 35 Serbia 80 compare
- 35 Slovakia 80 compare
- 35 Switzerland 80 compare
- 35 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 80 compare
More private sector data for Jamaica
- Merchandise trade 41.3% (2025)
- Food imports 20.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 3.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 1.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 595.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0744 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) in Jamaica?
- Getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) in Jamaica was 80 in 2013, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 80 in 2004.
- What is the lowest getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 80 in 2004.
- How does Jamaica rank for getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14)?
- Jamaica ranks 35th out of 184 countries with data for 2013.
- Is getting credit: strength of legal rights index (0-10) (db05-14) rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit: Strength of legal rights index (0-10) (DB05-14 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the strength of legal rights benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB05-14 studies.